PAXTON, Mass. – Junior guard Hannah Talon (Windham, Maine) scored 24 points to help lift Saint Joseph's College (18-4, 13-1 GNAC) past Anna Maria College (6-15, 3-10 GNAC), 87-65, in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) women's basketball contest on Wednesday evening.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Talon netted eight points in the first two and a half minutes to provide the Monks with an 11-3 advantage, but the AMCATS clawed back into contention with a 15-7 run as a Marinique Reddin layup knotted the game at 18-all with 27 seconds left in the first quarter.
Junior guard Angelica Hurley (Groveland, Mass.) hit a three-pointer at the end of the opening frame to ignite a 22-5 outbreak, which concluded with an Elisabeth Stapelfeld (Brookline, N.H.) layup and the visitors owning a 40-23 cushion at the 6:20 mark of the second quarter.
St. Joe's maintained a double-digit lead until the 5:43 mark of the third period when Anna Maria cut the SJC advantage down to eight points (53-45) on the heels of a 14-5 run that began in the closing minutes of the second stanza.
The Monks proceeded to all but close the door on the AMCATS with a 29-7 surge over the following eight minutes as the Royal Blue secured a game-high 30-point (82-52) lead after Hailey Anderson (Beverly, Mass.) drilled a three with 7:20 remaining.
STATS OF THE GAME:
Saint Joseph's scored 26 points off 15 Anna Maria turnovers and held the lead in second chance points (24-6) and three-pointers made (12-4) in the triumph.
LEADERS – SAINT JOSEPH'S:
- Talon led all scorers with 24 points and added seven rebounds and seven assists in the win
- Junior guard Nina Howe (York, Maine) tallied 19 points, three rebounds, and two assists
- Stapelfeld contributed 12 points, four caroms, four assists, and a pair of steals
- Anderson added eight points, six rebounds, and two assists
- Hurley chipped in with eight points, six boards, and four dimes
- Freshman guard Logan Brown (Brunswick, Maine) came off the bench to score eight points and pull down a pair of rebounds
LEADERS – ANNA MARIA:
- Arianna Saladini paced the AMCATS with 22 points off an 8-of-12 shooting effort while grabbing four boards and dishing three assists
- Reddin came off the bench to score 18 points with seven boards and five assists
- Gina Parmenter added 10 points and a pair of rebounds
HISTORICALLY SPEAKING:
With the victory Saint Joseph's improves to 15-0 in the history of the series with Anna Maria College.
NEXT!
Saint Joseph's will play at Emmanuel College on Saturday in a GNAC contest set to start at 3:00 PM.
